Category: Bison Build
Becky Sue Has an Eye!
No one ever said building a life-size scrap-metal bison was going to be easy. And it certainly hasn’t been easy to focus on the artistic challenges of the bison build while my net worth has been cratering. As of yesterday, my net worth was down $348,000. I curse you, vile coronavirus! But earlier this week,…
Slow Progress on the Bison Build
Crazy week. Every day Mrs. Groovy and I either had a dentist appointment or a social engagement. Throw in our daily three-mile constitutional and cleaning chores and there was little time to wrestle with Becky Sue. But I did manage to spend at least half an hour every day with Becky Sue. My goal was…
A Bison-Build Update
Oh, man, it’s been a while since my last bison-build update. And for good reason. I threw my back out moving Becky Sue next to the bison cart she will sit atop for the rest of the build. The good news is that my wrenched back turned out to be rather benign. After three days…
Becky Sue Beat Me Up this Week
My goal this week for the bison build was to complete the assembly of the bison silhouette, get that silhouette up on the bison cart, and then attach structural legs to that silhouette. Never again would my beloved bison be mistaken for a whale! But alas, Becky Sue, my advanced age, and my poorly functioning…
Moby Sue the Bison-Whale?
It’s been cold in North Carolina lately. Not Minnesota or Wisconsin cold, but cold enough to make working in an unheated garage very disagreeable. (We’re talking about temperatures in the mid-30s.) So I looked at the start of this week with great joy. Temperatures were moving back to the mid-50s and this meant I could…